POLITICO – The pro-Ted Cruz super PAC Keep the Promise I is going up on air Monday with a pair of ads skewering Donald Trump, the first negative television spots the deep-pocketed group has launched against the GOP’s poll-leader to date.

The spots come as part of a $2.5 million television ad buy from Keep the Promise I, and land as Cruz and Trump are locked in a tight race in Iowa, with Trump appearing to edge Cruz in a number of recent polls. The ads will air in Iowa and South Carolina.

Here’s the first ad, called Extreme:

And here’s the second ad, which takes a different approach:

And while we’re at it here’s a bonus video that’s completely separate from this, but brutal:

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